Pictures of Mt Conness and White Mt
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The trailhead at Tioga Lake
The trailhead at Tioga Lake
Mt Dana
The trailhead
The trailhead at Tioga Lake
Click here for the trailhead if you are starting from Saddlebag Lake (an easier but much less spectacular route!)
Up to Bennetville
Bennetville lake
Bennetville lake
Waterfall
Bennetville
Bennetville
Bennetville
Bennetville
Bennetville
Bennetville
Mt Dana
The trailhead at Junction camp
The trailhead at Junction camp
The trailhead at Junction camp
Bennetville
Bennetville
The trail
First lake
Second lake with Mt Dana
Second Lake
Second Lake
Entering the research area
Second lake
Second lake
Second lake
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
Mt Conness from Shell Lake
Mt Conness from Shell Lake
First creek crossing of the day
Shell Lake
Fourth lake
Creek
Hall Research Area
Hall Research Area
More bureaucracy
Entering the research area
Northwest is the White Mt
Northwest is the White Mt
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake
Fantail Lake and Mt Dana
Waterfall
End of the trail
Fantail Lake and Mt Dana
Fantail Lake
Up the gulch
Spuller Lake
Spuller Lake
Spuller Lake
Up the gulch
Finger Treble Lakes
Finger Treble Lakes
Finger Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Passing the Treble Lakes
Countless creeks to drink from
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Passing the valley/meadow
Up the gulch
Up towards the bowl
Up towards the bowl
Down below
Down below
Towards the bowl
Lots of water
Up towards the bowl
The use trail
Waterfall
Up towards the bowl
Looking down
Stay to the right
Left of the bowl, stay to the right
Left side of the bowl
Up the bowl
Waterfalls
Looking down
The use trail
Towards the pass
Towards the pass
Towards the pass
Looking down into the chute
Top of the bowl: to the right you go to Mt Conness, to the left White Mt
Top of the bowl
The last lake from the top of the bowl
Up the northeastern slope of White Mt
The bowl down below
Almost at the top of White Mt
White Mountain of Mt Conness
Summit register
Mt Conness
Mt Conness
Mt Conness and the bowl
The western route to Conness
The Young lakes
The plateau of White Mt
Mt Dana
Southwest
The way up from the north
Views southeast
Views southeast
Views southeast
Young Lakes and view west
View west
The ridge that extends from the White Mt to Young lakes
View south
Mt Conness and the bowl
Back to the top of the bowl and now going up Mt Conness (the summit is actually to the left, not visible yet)
Mt Dana
Mt Lyell and Mt McClure in the distance
View from the summit plateau
The summit plateau
The summit block
The first view of the north-eastern ridge
Towards the summit plateau
The concrete pillars where the USGS marker is
The summit block
The summit block
The first view of the west
Young Lake
Some exposure while climbing the summit block
Some exposure while climbing the summit block
Climbing rocks
The abyss to the right
The glacier to the right
Views west
Summit block
The west side of the glacier and Saddlebag Lake appear to the east
Summit block
Steps
The north-eastern ridge
A snow bank just before the summit
The summit
The summit
The register
Looking back down from the summit
The summit plateau from the summit block
The view southeast towards Mt Dana
The view south towards Mt Lyell
View of the Young Lakes and Ragged Peak
Saddlebag Lake to the east
The glacier
The view west
The view north (Panoramic 1)
The view north (Panoramic 2)
The view north (Panoramic 3)
View from the top of White Mountain that shows the routes to Mt Conness (video)
If starting from Saddlebag Lake:
The trail begins to the left of this building
and heads towards the dam
but stays lower than the dam
The trail is to the left of these rocky moraines
Mt Conness
The route
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